Dear Friends, I thought I would share with you a thought I had from the holy city of Tzefat (Safed), sitting with a group of former students from Dallas, now…

Dear Friends, I write to you from the holy city of Jerusalem. It’s still hard to believe I’m here after three years of attempting to travel here a number of…

Dear Rabbi Fried, My mother and I have been having a difference of opinion concerning cosmetic plastic surgery. I have wanted to get a nose job and face-lift for a…

Dear Rabbi, In our Hagadah which we used for our seder this year, it says “on the second night of Passover, we begin counting the “omer.” Nobody attending our seder…

Dear Rabbi Fried, This may sound a little revolutionary, but I have a new idea for the Seder. Instead of just reading through the same monotonous Haggadah year after year,…

Dear Rabbi Fried, The Jewish kids in our class were asked to give explanations on the symbolisms of the Passover rituals, and I was given matzo to explain. Could you…

Dear Rabbi Fried, You once argued that displaying dead bodies in a public exhibit flies in the face of the sanctity of the human body. I have trouble fathoming what…

Hello Rabbi Fried, First of all, Moshe and I keep davening for Myra. May Hashem bring about a miraculous recovery for her. Rabbi Fried — my heart goes out to…